An Orange County judge who overturned a $2.15 million malpractice award against an Orlando psychiatrist was accused Tuesday by the lawyer who had won the judgment of running the courtroom ''like a kindergarten.''

''I've been practicing lawsuits for 35 years and I think I got shafted here,'' said Miami lawyer J.B. Spence during a court hearing. He asked Orange Circuit Judge Joe Baker to disqualify himself from the case.

Baker refused, saying Spence was angry about his decision in April to throw out the malpractice award against Dr. Chawallur Chacko on grounds of jury tampering and lack of evidence. Spence has filed an appeal to reinstate the verdict.

The jury award -- the highest in the county's history -- went to Linda Paddock, 38, of Clinton, N.C., in February. She sued Chacko after attempting suicide by setting herself on fire with a butane cigarette lighter and claimed he neglected her before the attempt.

Baker deferred ruling Tuesday on defense attorney Harry Anderson's request that Paddock pay him $145,000 in legal fees. When Paddock's suit was filed in 1984 losers had to pay the winner's legal fees in medical malpractice cases, but that law has been repealed.

Paddock was ordered to pay about $40,000 in defense costs to Chacko's insurer, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.

But most of Tuesday's hearing centered on Spence's request that Baker remove himself.

''I thought this courtroom was Twilight Zone,'' Spence said. ''You just rolled over and played dead'' for the defense attorneys.

He also accused Baker of being intimidated by doctors angry about the verdict.

''I'm sure you didn't like my decision,'' Baker told Spence. But he denied the charges.

In a court document filed before the hearing, Paddock cited 24 reasons for believing that Baker was prejudiced against her. Many of her claims described Baker's courtroom style, which lawyers have long called informal and unpredictable.

''Judge Baker put his foot on the bench and acted like a clown,'' said Paddock. ''He carried a cup of ice and was constantly shaking it and rattling it.''

Paddock also accused Baker of talking to jurors outside the presence of lawyers. She said he rode home with one juror in the juror's car.

''There was nothing unusual in that,'' Baker said. ''My car was in the shop and I needed a ride.''

Baker ruled that none of Paddock's claims justified a new judge in the case.

Spence had argued during the 3-week trial in February that Chacko neglected Paddock by not hospitalizing her when she displayed suicidal tendencies. Paddock's parents, Charles and Ruby Burkhardt of Winter Park, brought her to Orlando for treatment.

Chacko examined Paddock in June 1983 after she attempted suicide by drinking a mixture of alcohol and poisonous chemicals. Two days after the examination, Paddock called Chacko complaining that her condition was worse. Chacko counseled the woman but did not hospitalize her.

Paddock tried to commit suicide again two days later by slitting her wrists and setting her clothes afire. She then climbed a tree and started whimpering, according to the trial testimony of neighbors.

Although the jury initially awarded money to Paddock, several jurors expressed regrets later. Some said they were denied access to evidence by other jurors.

Questions also arose about possible jury tampering, centering on charges that the jury foreman told jurors about a note he received urging a verdict in favor of Chacko.